page_title: Mogadishu under Italian rule
hierarchical_section_title: Mogadishu under Italian rule
caption_attribution_description: English: Central Mogadishu in 1936. Arba Rucun mosque to the centre right. Shown on a postcard from the 1930's.
context_page_description: Mogadishu under Italian rule was the capital of Italian Somalia in the first half of the 20th century. Mogadishu was under direct Italian control from 1885 until February 1941, but formal control was only officially ended with the recognition of the independence of Ethiopia in the 1947 Treaty of Peace with Italy following the end of World War II.
context_section_description: Mogadishu under Italian rule was the capital of Italian Somalia in the first half of the 20th century. Mogadishu was under direct Italian control from 1885 until February 1941, but formal control was only officially ended with the recognition of the independence of Ethiopia in the 1947 Treaty of Peace with Italy following the end of World War II.
caption: Downtown Mogadishu in 1936. The Catholic Cathedral can be seen at the photo center with the "Arch of Umberto" nearby. To the right there it is the Arba'a Rukun Mosque
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